Coorie

A nice little hotel across the street from the water. The staff was very friendly. Very clean and spacious with plenty of storage in the main room for our stuff. There was a luggage rack and a freestanding unit for hanging with shelving. The bathroom was clean and had a set of built in shelves next to the toilet. We took a short walk to the beach area and enjoyed the waterfront.

Wonderful and quaint inn situated along the promenade in Limekilns. Gorgeous views out to the Firth of Forth and the local boat harbor. Spacious, comfortable and well-designed rooms above a lovely restaurant. Such a contrast from the hustle and bustle of Edinburgh proper.

We went to a festival nearby and stayed here and honestly - 10/10. Staff were amazing and even let us keep our room until 4:30pm free of charge as we weren't flying home until 7pm. Staff are great and we're so friendly and helpful. The place itself is lovely and has some great touches like vouchers for money off in the cafe and stunning seaside views. I would 100% stay here again if I was attending another event or visiting Edinburgh. We did hire a car as Limekilns is very remote - that's the only thing I'd say, transport is needed! Amazing stay! Thank you!

Stayed for two in room 2. We have noted positives and some room for improvement. Positives: -Cafe lovely downstairs, offers nice coffee and bakes as well as meals which we did not try. -Beautiful view from room. -Room spacious and clean. -Comfortable beds -Nice bathroom -£5 voucher for cafe and welcome pack was a nice touch. -Heating system in rooms were good. -The local area is beautiful and very quiet. -Adequate on street parking. Areas with room for improvement: -Cafe downstairs was nice but it would be even better with local jam and butter to go with the beautiful scones. In this local community, I’m sure there is better options for jam. Even jam from Aldi is better quality. If you’re going to make beautiful scones, give them a good partner. -The staff in the cafe were not interested in general chit chat and felt cold and unbothered. -Pillows in room could be better, some of the pillows were nice (ones with stripes) other pillows were flat. -Bathroom mirror worn down and on a slant, needs replaced. The bathroom is in desperate need of some storage and places to put things. -The room was nice but needed some personality, it seemed cold. -If you were staying here longer than 2 days, there is little storage in room. -No lamps in bedroom apart from lamps on the wall which do not work. -Furniture in the room felt budget and tired other than the beds. The rooms could really do with some love, it wouldn’t even be much to just take the rooms up a notch. -There is no one on site from half 4, room doors do not feel fully safe. -No place for extra toilet rolls in bathroom, we had to go out at night to get more toilet roll. -Room was not serviced leaving us again with no toilet roll or refreshments provided and having to tidy the room on our own and to reuse dirty towels. The housekeeper left a note at the door saying they did not want to disturb us but we were not in? We got back at 10pm/11pm at night and felt disappointed after a busy day. Mistakes happen we get that. -Walking in at night from outside is very dark, we had to use torches on our phone until we got a few steps from the door. The cafe could do with some lighting outside to lead the way into the hotel. We would stay again but would hope to see improvements. This ‘hotel’ is more of an airbnb type thing as there is no one here to meet any needs outside working hours. This hotel has so much potential and I hope the owners take these pointers on board and action them. There needs to be more love put into the rooms and more thought in the overall stay by owners.

After my recent stay at the property known locally as the Coorie Inn (more like the coin it in) I thought I would share my experiences. Lets do the positives first. The Corrie is in a great location with in spitting distance of the sea front and if you are lucky enough to get one of the correct rooms, you’ll have a gorgeous view of the water, get the wrong room however, and it’s some bins plus the noise of the kitchen extractor fan for a mere 9 and a half hours a day.. The staff at the Coorie are all lovely, welcoming and can’t do enough for you which makes staying there a total pleasure. The menu is extensive and provides for all tastes and when ordered the food always arrives brilliantly prepared and within a decent spell of time. Despite a couple of issues with shower temperature, the rooms are actually very welcoming having been newly redesigned with everything you will need from a huge spacious bed to a good sized smart TV on the wall. There is a serviceable hair drier, plus best of all the daily replenishment of the lovely Tunnock’s caramel wafers! Now on to the downside. Lovely though this property is, I think for the price point the use of the word hotel is generous at best, really operating more like a glorified B and B. The café which is the heart of the hotel is open from 8AM till 5 PM aprox, though they really would rather not take any orders especially from residents after about 4:15. The food in the café although lovely is quite expensive, with breakfast for an average family of 4 coming in between £40 or £50 pounds unless everyone just wants toast obviously. The real issue is that the café shuts at 5PM. Basically after this point the hotel has nothing to offer you outside of what your own room contains meaning you absolutely have to go out for food, drinks etc. This is not a huge problem until you get to a Sunday where the local pubs are closed for food, and if you happen to be with out a car or don’t want to drive you are rather stuck. Now this wouldn’t be a problem if the Coorie had a lounge area to sit in and get a takeaway, but this was removed some years ago so there is nowhere for occupants to sit other than your own room. Not a problem you say, well that would be correct if the rooms actually had chairs to sit in, however this is another thing lacking in the hotel, meaning once your day is done, you have the option of sitting on the rooms single desk stool, or just flopping on the bed waiting till morning. Another feature lacking is a small room fridge which has also been removed since the refit. Basically when you have a hotel where you can’t get a cold drink, not even from a machine after 5PM, it would have been nice to have a way of keeping something in the room however this was not possible. Really my conclusion is this, the Coorie is first and foremost a quality café, the residential part being a financial necessary evil and coming very much second best in the thought process of the owners. As a B